INFORMATIONAL

Information sent by school divisions to the Department of
Education as part of the Outcome Accountability Project
(OAP) and the school level physical fitness reports will
soon be sent back to school divisions for correction and/or
verification. The OAP data were submitted to the
Department under Supts. Memo #25, dated May 3, 1996. The
physical fitness data were submitted as the annual school
level fitness reports. The OAP data collection contains
only that information used in the OAP report which could not
be obtained from existing department reports.
Materials to complete this process will be sent directly to
the OAP contact person designated by the division
superintendent. The OAP contact will receive the data for
each school with specific instructions for verification
and/or correction. These materials will be sent to school
divisions over the next few weeks. OAP contact persons will
be instructed to review the data, make corrections as
necessary, and return corrections and verifications to the
Department of Education. The verification form requires the
signature of the division superintendent.
This memo is to alert superintendents to this impending
correction/verification activity. This represents the first
step in the development of the 1997 OAP report. Should you
have questions regarding this part of the OAP process or OAP
in general, please contact a member of the OAP team at (804)
786-1390 or (804) 225-2107.
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